
Relegation special! Down go Leeds United and Leicester City | Can Leeds or Leicester find 'the next Kompany' and bounce back? | Has Harry Kane played his last game for Tottenham | Everton survive but did they learn any lessons? |
05/28/23 • 34 min
Former Premier League stars Mark Schwarzer, Michael Bridges and Thomas Sorensen give the first reactions to the final day of the Premier League season with host Teo Pellizzeri.
- Leeds United are relegated - are they at risk of a double drop?
- The surprise candidate to take over at Leeds that Mark Schwarzer drops like a bomb!
- Leicester City also relegated taking Aussie Harry Souttar with them down to the Championship
- Who leaves in the fire-sale at Leicester?
- Can either club find the next Vincent Kompany to turn their fortunes 180 degrees and win promotion at the first time of asking?
- Have we seen Sam Allardyce's reputation as the fire fighter extinguished?
- Everton survive - but the panel are skeptical about if any lessons have been learned from another close shave
- Is Everton's future as a permanent relegation battler? What next for Sean Dyche?
- Harry Kane scores his 29th and 30th goals but were they his last in a Tottenham shirt?
- Was this the last time we see Tottenham before Ange Postecoglou takes over?
- Aston Villa qualify for Europe
- First impressions on the promoted teams
- Would our experts pick Manchester City to win the title again or take any of the other 19 teams next season?
Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series, Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Former Premier League stars Mark Schwarzer, Michael Bridges and Thomas Sorensen give the first reactions to the final day of the Premier League season with host Teo Pellizzeri.
- Leeds United are relegated - are they at risk of a double drop?
- The surprise candidate to take over at Leeds that Mark Schwarzer drops like a bomb!
- Leicester City also relegated taking Aussie Harry Souttar with them down to the Championship
- Who leaves in the fire-sale at Leicester?
- Can either club find the next Vincent Kompany to turn their fortunes 180 degrees and win promotion at the first time of asking?
- Have we seen Sam Allardyce's reputation as the fire fighter extinguished?
- Everton survive - but the panel are skeptical about if any lessons have been learned from another close shave
- Is Everton's future as a permanent relegation battler? What next for Sean Dyche?
- Harry Kane scores his 29th and 30th goals but were they his last in a Tottenham shirt?
- Was this the last time we see Tottenham before Ange Postecoglou takes over?
- Aston Villa qualify for Europe
- First impressions on the promoted teams
- Would our experts pick Manchester City to win the title again or take any of the other 19 teams next season?
Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series, Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Have Manchester City won a tainted title? | Who's top of Newcastle United's Champions League shopping spree? | Relegation deciders arrive | "Reading vs Australia" for Sam Kerr's Chelsea | The most lucrative game in football |
Former Premier League stars Mark Schwarzer, Michael Bridges and Thomas Sorensen join host Teo Pellizzeri to discuss all the biggest topics in football from the week just gone!
- Manchester City crowned champions under the cloud of the Premier League investigation - is it a tainted title?
- Is there a desire to stop the spending or should clubs be allowed to continue the arms race?
- Newcastle secure Champions League football, so who's top of their summer shopping list?
- The relegation battle hots up as Everton take the upper hand into the final day
- The fallout from Valencia fans' racist abuse of Vinicius Junior continues
- One of the panel has the guillotine out for a big name manager which will create a huge vacancy at the top of club football
- Chelsea lead the race for the WSL title going into the final day of the season, but why is it "Reading vs Australia" in the WSL?
- Coventry City vs Luton Town in the most lucrative game in football
- The Socceroos set for a re-match against World Champions Argentina
And plenty more.
Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series, Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Premier League Awards! The stars, the flops, the goals, the moments and team of the season | We role-play Poch's keep and cut list for the Chelsea summer transfer window | Isobel Cootes on all things WSL as Sam Kerr wins and Aussies come off contract |
It's a bumper GegenPod with our end of Premier League season awards! Former Premier League star Mark Schwarzer and former Matilda Amy Duggan sort out the tops and the flops at the end of a memorable campaign. Then Optus Sport's women's football journalist Isobel Cootes jumps in to talk all things Women's Super League.
- Premier League team of the season - but you can only pick one player from each team!
- The crazy rule for end of season awards that has our experts on the hop
- The goals, the moments, the meltdowns, the glory and the failure recapped
- We role-play Mauricio Pochettino's keep or cut assessment of the Chelsea squad
- A look ahead to the DFB Pokal final and the Europa League final
- Chelsea come out on top in the WSL again - do we celebrate them enough or does European failure linger over this season?
- What next for a host of Matildas off contract?
- Alessia Russo's future - can Manchester United back up their incredible season without her?
- Our experts' wish-list for something to help the WSL take the next big leap in the short term
And plenty more. Hosted by Teo Pellizzeri.
Listen to Optus Sport's award-winning limited series, Football Belongs, charting the cultural threads of Australian society through the lens of nine football matches: https://play.acast.com/s/football-belongs
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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